Working at Mercell

At Mercell, we’re on a mission to revolutionize public procurement, making it accessible and effortless for everyone involved. Imagine a world where public buyers and visionary suppliers come together seamlessly to make a great deal easier and shape the future. That’s what we’re all about.

With a dynamic culture built on continuous growth, trust, and collaboration, Mercell offers an environment where your talents can thrive. You will be part of an international environment with ambitious and dedicated colleagues who are passionate about what they do and supported to be themselves.

Your Mission

We are now hiring an Accountant who will be part of Mercell’s Finance Shared Service Center’s team, located in our newly renovated office in the center of Stockholm. As our new Accountant you will have an exciting and impactful role where you will be participating in improving and streamlining our AP-process.

We see the following qualities as important to thrive and evolve in this role:

• Service-minded, accountable, thorough, positive attitude
• Keep calm and be tolerant to high pressure and tight deadlines
• Curious and enjoy change

Core Responsibilities:

• Process and review vendor invoices for all legal entities

• Perform controls to ensure accurate accounting with respect to the group chart of accounts, cost center / project code and VAT

• Process of payment and corresponding reconciliation of bank files

• Monthly review of Accounts payable accounts and reconciliation

• Manage dialogue with vendors, invoice approvers and other stakeholders interacting with the Finance team of Mercell

• Participate in process improvement and automation initiatives in collaboration with the Finance team and the System & Process specialist

Required Qualifications:

• Prior experience of Accounts Payables processes in larger entities / shared service organizations

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices within cost accounting on several dimensions (accounts, project and cost center)

• Data and process- oriented, used to working within an environment of process excellence and high degree of automation

• Analytical skills and ability to process large volumes of transactions in follow up of payments, invoice processing and reconciliations of balances

• Good understanding and knowledge of VAT principles and use of VAT codes

• Fluency in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in one of the Scandinavian languages
• Experience of using Netsuite

Start date: As soon as possible
Duration: Full time permanent role
Workplace type: Hybrid remote
Location: Sweden, Stockholm
Application Deadline: 15.06.2024. However, do not wait to submit your application – we will read applications and talk to potential candidates as we receive them.

What we Offer

As a growing technology company, we are committed to taking care of our employees through initiatives such as hybrid work to support your work-life balance, health and insurance plans (may differ per country/office), pension plans, paid parental leave, social happenings and competitive salary packages. Please see https://career.mercell.com/post/our-perks-benefits to get more insights on what to expect of perks, benefits and culture when joining Mercell.

Has this sparked your interest?

Then we can’t wait to have you join our mission and look forward to receiving your application!

If you have any questions for this positions, we are happy to chat with you. Please reach out to Hiring Manager: Ulrika Bolmgren, Head of Accounting/Financial Control
Email: [email protected]

We may carry out background checks on applicants to verify information that appears on CVs and other documentation. This background check is carried out by an external party and is not carried out without the consent of the applicant. Current applicants will receive further information about this.